This is a Meal-A-Day Recipe
Heat two large deep pans on medium. Add approximately 1 cup olive oil and a gallon bag of frozen chopped onions to each pan. Cover.
Break up frozen onions with large spatula, do not allow onions to burn. Once onions have defrosted and begin to cook, add roughly chopped bacon and/or other meat. Cook meat and onions for 10 – 15 minutes. The onions should began breaking down. Allow water/steam to escape as much as possible.
Roughly chop cabbage. No need to seperate each leaf. Solid wedges will break down during cooking and stirring. One mounded black plastic carboy should be enough for 130 servings.
Turn burners to high. Divide the cabbage between the two pots. Lid and steam/cook for 15 minutes. With a large spatula, stir the cabbage moving the food from bottom to top. If you see large chunks of cabbage, break them up as you stir.
The cabbage will release a large amount of water. Each time you remove the lib to stir, allow the condensed water on the bottom of the lid to drain any and not return to the pot. Protect yourself and avoid steam burns. Beef or chicken stock can be added at this point if desired. I usually add one large can divided.
Once the volume of the pans begins to drop, lower heat to medium so as not to burn the cabbage mixture. Add several tablespoons of black pepper to each pot. Add salt, but not to much at this point. Adding a little salt will help draw out water. Cook with lid on until cabbage is uniformly cooked. Do not over cook. It may take 20 minutes to fully cook this volume of cabbage. When done, the cabbage will be slightly sweet, have a touch of salt, a hint of pepper, and be floppy, but not mushy.
Optional: If there is excessive liquid in the bottom on the pan, pull cabbage to the front of the pot, and use a rear burner to boil/reduce the liquid, but not burn the cabbage.
Adjust salt/pepper just before service. Be sure to taste the cabbage.
Stir cooked cabbage during service. Place a hot pad under one side of pan to help any excessive liquid pool away from cabbage.
